Private Medicare Lobbying(01 of12)
Open Image ModalWalter Rybeck dances during a dancing class at Erickson Living Community Riderwood in Silver Spring Md. on Friday Oct. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Private Medicare Lobbying(02 of12)
Open Image ModalJean Wilson exercises at the pool in the fitness center at Erickson Living Community Riderwood in Silver Spring Md. on Friday Oct. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Washington Post(03 of12)
Open Image ModalThe Lonesome Bluegrass Band performs lively bluegrass to a filled performance hall at Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Washington Post(04 of12)
Open Image ModalThe Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band plays to a filled performance hall at Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Washington Post(05 of12)
Open Image ModalAt 85-years-old, Henry Plotkin, plays a lively bluegrass fiddle with the Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band at Riderwood retirement community where he is a resident. Fellow resident, Bruce Clark, in green, is the band\'s organizer and banjo player. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Washington Post(06 of12)
Open Image ModalResidents at Riderwood retirement community enjoy an impromptu bluegrass jam by the Lonesome Pine Bluegrass Band. The band is comprised of residents and a few guest musicians. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNEGATIVE# josephm 200815--SLUG-HE-ASSISTEDLIVING--DATE-04/16/08-- Washington, D.C.-PHOTOGRAPHER-MARVIN JOSEPH/TWP-- Story is about parents moving to assisted living-- Riderwood Assisted Living. A two-part story package: 1 is written from Daughter\'s perspective (Rita Zeidner) and 2 is written from mother\'s perspective (Sylvia Zeidner). PICTURED, from left to right, Rita Zeidner with her parents Slyvia and Phil Zeidner. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSLUG: Mx-KNIT13 DATE: March 3, 2008 CREDIT: Susan Biddle / TWP. Silver Spring, MD EDITOR: s Members of the Needlecrafters Group at the Riderwood retirement community who gather on Tuesdays to knit blankets, booties, hats, etc for donation to charity. They\'ve donated more than 7,000 items to local groups as well as Native American tribes in Arizona and the Dakotas. It\'s also a time for the ladies to chat. Here Mary Highland at left and Doris Dague at right. (Photo by Susan Biddle/The Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSLUG: Mx-KNIT13 DATE: March 3, 2008 CREDIT: Susan Biddle / TWP. Silver Spring, MD EDITOR: s Members of the Needlecrafters Group at the Riderwood retirement community who gather on Tuesdays to knit blankets, booties, hats, etc for donation to charity. They\'ve donated more than 7,000 items to local groups as well as Native American tribes in Arizona and the Dakotas. Some are very good knitters as this woman who has knitted since the first grade. (Didn\'t want to give name) (Photo by Susan Biddle/The Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
SLUG: Mx-KNIT13 DATE: March 3, 2008 CREDIT: Susan Biddle / T(10 of12)
Open Image ModalSLUG: Mx-KNIT13 DATE: March 3, 2008 CREDIT: Susan Biddle / TWP. Silver Spring, MD EDITOR: s Members of the Needlecrafters Group at the Riderwood retirement community who gather on Tuesdays to knit blankets, booties, hats, etc for donation to charity. They\'ve donated more than 7,000 items to local groups as well as Native American tribes in Arizona and the Dakotas. Hopi and Navajo Native Americans in Arizona asked them to knit some hats with earflaps as it gets so cold there. (Photo by Susan Biddle/The Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSLUG: fi_grannywii DATE: 12/13/2007 PHOTOGRAPHER: Sarah L. Voisin Silver Spring, MD NEG #: 196603 Senior citizens at the Riderwood retirement home play on the Wii video game console. The retirement held a video tournament. We photograph them playing a fishing game. PICTURED: Alfred Yanguas, cq, left 83 and Brooks Mahoney, cq, 77 compete against each other in the fishing game. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSLUG: fi_grannywii DATE: 12/13/2007 PHOTOGRAPHER: Sarah L. Voisin Silver Spring, MD NEG #: 196603 Senior citizens at the Riderwood retirement home play on the Wii video game console. The retirement held a video tournament. We photograph them playing a fishing game. PICTURED: Elvin Noxon, cq, 85 uses the controler to catch a fish on the Wii game. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images) (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)